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A grocery store specializing in foods from across the Asian continent is coming to a strip mall on South Columbia Road. Victor Rai, who helped open a similar store in Fargo in early 2013, said he expects to open Asian Grocery by October. The store will be located in the same strip mall as the AT&T store at 2550 S.

A grocery store specializing in foods from across the Asian continent is coming to a strip mall on South Columbia Road. Victor Rai, who helped open a similar store in Fargo in early 2013, said he expects to open Asian Grocery by October. The store will be located in the same strip mall as the AT&T store at 2550 S.

It was a long, drawn-out winter in Crookston. That meant plenty of time for Nanette Wilson to stay inside and try new hobbies like knitting scarves and baby hats. Wilson began to kick around the idea of opening up a store. And just a few months later, that idea came to fruition with the opening of the Crafty Granny consignment store in Crookston.

Alissa Larson likes to think of her business as providing a clean slate for homeowners. After all, that’s why she named it Slate Interiors. Larson opened her new business Aug. 1 in the depot building at 667 DeMers Ave. in downtown Grand Forks. She provides full-service home interior design — everything from kitchens to living rooms to bathrooms.

A pizza shop will be included in the first floor of a planned Baymont Inn and Suites across from the Canad Inns at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks. But the specific restaurant hasn’t been finalized. Chris Connelly, the Rapid City, S.D.-based developer of the project, said Marco’s Pizza and Blaze Fast Fire’d Pizza have expressed interest in the location, but the contract hasn’t been signed yet.

The city of Grand Forks received plans earlier this month for a Caribou Coffee across the street from Altru Hospital. The shop would be located on a currently vacant lot at 1225 S. Columbia Road, according to plans posted on the city’s website. The new building would be just west of the US Bank location and north of the Columbia Road Hugo’s supermarket. Caribou, based in Minneapolis, already has one Grand Forks location at 2400 S. Washington St.

A former UND women’s hockey player and Olympian is taking on a new challenge: Starting a business. Monique Lamoureux, along with her siblings Jocelyne and Mario, held their first three-day camp for youth hockey players last week in Grand Forks.

The Liberty Lanes bowling alley in East Grand Forks has been purchased. Beata Dalmi is the registered agent of East Grand Lanes, which is the ownership company of the building. The sale closed in April, she said.

The Liberty Lanes bowling alley in East Grand Forks has been purchased. Beata Dalmi is the registered agent of East Grand Lanes, which is the ownership company of the building. The sale closed in April, she said.